Politics

Time to Bury the Bibles?

Aaron Denlinger
Nov 8, 2016
Few things bring out the hysteria in all of us like a presidential election. Perhaps only the close of a millennium (anyone remember Y2K?) can compete for catapulting Americans into a posture of fear and anxiety about their nation's collective future (or lack thereof). Don't get me wrong. I like to...

A Political Paradigm Shift for Christians

Richard D. Phillips
Nov 5, 2016
With the 2016 Presidential election drawing near, Bible-believing Christians are as divided over their votes as at any time in recent memory. Very few offer support to Hillary Clinton, given her rabid support of abortion and disrespect for religion. The divide instead comes between Christians who...

A Five-Fold Paradigm for Voting With Christian Wisdom

Harry Reeder
Oct 28, 2016
When it comes to politics, the most frequently asked question is "who are you going to vote for?" As a pastor I seldom answer that question. I prefer answering another question which equips people to not simply know how to vote in one election but how to evaluate voting in any election. Therefore,...

Brexit, Presidents and the English Reformation

Mark Johnston
Oct 25, 2016
The idea of the United Kingdom’s pre-Summer vote to leave the European Union, the upcoming vote in the United States to elect the next President and the English Reformation being lumped together in the same sentence may seem ludicrous in the extreme, but it is not without reason. Those who have...

No Waffle in the Gospel

Adam Parker
Oct 21, 2016
[ The contents of this article reflect the views of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals or of the editorial team of Reformation 21. ] One of the best things about being a pastor is the freedom of knowing that you do not bear the...

“The Bible and The Sword” by John Fletcher

David Hall
Oct 20, 2016
Despite having been born near John Calvin’s Geneva (Nyon) and having attended the University of Geneva, John Fletcher (1729–1785) later relocated to England and threw all in with the Wesley brothers. He was ordained to the Anglican priesthood in 1757 but his sympathies were all with the upstart...

“Ninevah’s Repentance and Deliverance” by Joseph Sewall

David Hall
Oct 12, 2016
Joseph Sewall (1688-1769) was a Boston scion, the son of a Chief Justice, who later was offered the presidency of Harvard (from where he graduated in 1707). He delivered this early Fast Day sermon before the Massachusetts’ Governor and Council in 1740. Indeed, by order, the Council commissioned...

“A Century Sermon of the Glorious Revolution” by Elhanan Winchester

David Hall
Oct 6, 2016
Elhanan Winchester (1751-1797) served as a pastor in New England, South Carolina, and even London—ultimately moving from the Baptist faith to Unitarianism later in life. He was also a popular and influential Baptist pastor in Philadelphia for the seven years just prior to the constitutional...

Sexual Identity: Community and Church Issues: Vice Presidential Debate and Romans 13

Jeffrey Stivason
Oct 5, 2016
I watched the vice-presidential debate last night. Who didn't, right? Apparently, we all thought that these debates would somehow move the poll meter to either the left or the right. Political analysts, at least those I watched, were not convinced that such a thing had or would occur. However, the...

“Sermon on Commencement of Constitution” by Samuel Cooper

David Hall
Sep 29, 2016
Samuel Cooper (1725-1783) graduated from Harvard and furthered his training with a doctorate in divinity from Edinburgh. He followed in his father’s footsteps (the Reverend William Cooper) as one of the younger pastors at Boston’s Fourth church, long a landmark of preaching for the area. Later, he...